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No.'225,235. Patented Mar. 9,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PEARCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

It/EN'I'ILATING-HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,235, dated March 9,1880.

Application led January 5, 1880. V

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY 0. PEAEOE, of

Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York,

i in which the lower part of the crown is outwardly offset and thesweat-band is centrally supported, so as to leave an annular spacebetween it and the body of the hat for the purposes of ventilation; andmy invention consists, first, in supporting the sweat-band in such hatsupon iiexible strips or wires, preferably of brass, which-are secured attheir lower ends to the inside of the hat, opposite the brim, and attheir upper ends upon the offset in the body of the hat secondly, in'fastening the me-4 tallic strips in the hat-body by means ofoppositely-turned burrs formed by diagonally slitting the edges of thestrips, the burrs being inserted in suitable slits cut through the feltor other material of which the hat-body is made; and, thirdly, inproviding the sweat-band with a sizing-band consisting of a Jdat stripof brass or other suitable material, which embraces the exterior of thesweat-band, and is preferably riveted to the vertical strips by which'the sweat-band is supported.

The accompanying drawings, representing my invention embodied in aVentilating-hat, are as follows: Figure l is a view of the inside of thehat, showing the sweat-band secured in place by meansof my metallicstrips; and Fig. 2 is a central"`"s"ection of the same through the linex m on Fig. l, having a portion of the'sweat-band broken away for thepurpose of showing the sizing-band surrounding the sweat-band.

The drawings, it will be seen, represent a hat the lower portion of thecrown A of which has an outward oset, a, and which is provided with asweatfbaud, B, centrally supported in position so as to leave the usualannular space C between the sweat-band and the body ofthe hat. Thesweat-band is secured to and held in position by a number of flexiblemetallic strips, D. The upper end of each strip is bent to form theoffset d, upon the opposite edges of which the two burrs E and F arecut. The burrs E and F are, it will be seen, turned in oppositedirections, and are inserted through theslits c andf, cut in the body ofthe hat just above the offset. The lower end of the strip D is bent to aright angle outwardly from the place where it is fastened to thesweat-band, and then upwardly to form the bearing upon the inside of thehat, immediately opposite the brim, and to afford material for the burrsG and H, turned, respectively, in opposite directions, and insertedthrough the slits g and h, cut in the body of the hat just above thebrim.

The eXteriorly-projecting ends of the burrs are so turned inward as tolie iiat upon the outside of the hat-body, and are, respectively,concealed by the hat bands or ribbons J and K, which are fastened to theexterior of the hat-body, one just above the brim and the other justabove the offset.

rlhe sweat-band is exteriorly inclosed by the non-extensible sizing-bandb, which is preferably perforated at intervals and sewed to thesweat-band and riveted to the several vertical strips which support thesweat-band. The sizing-band performs the double function of adding tothe stability ofthe devices by which the sweat-band is supported in thehat and of fixing and preserving the size of the sweatband. As thesizing-band is a thin strip of iiexible material, the sweat-band yieldsreadily and accommodates itself to the shape of the head upon which thehat is worn.

The sizing-bandmay be omitted, or the sweatband may have a spring-wireinserted in the hem upon its lower edge, and the sweat-band may itselfbe sewed or otherwise fastenedto the vertical supporting-strips.Iprefer, however, to rivet the sizing-band to the several verticalsupporting-strips, as this mode of construction tends to preserve theradial alignment of the supporting-strips, and stiffens the entirestructure, thus enabling me to employ very thin sheet metal for thesupporting devices, which it is desirable shall add as little aspossible to the weight of the hat.

t The ends of the strips, respectively, may be fastened to the tworequired points on the hat in any convenient way without departing fromthat feature of my invention which consists in staying the sweat-band inposition by lateral supporting devices bearing upon the lower part IOOof the hat-body. Simple wires may,of course, be substituted for thestrips; but I prefer the latter, and I prefer the method of fastenin gthe strips herein shown and described, which I have found to be simpleand effectual.

I claim as myinvention in a Ventilating-hat substantially such asydescribed- 1. The combination of a sweat-band with exible supportingWires or strips of brass or other suitable material, the upper ends ofwhich are, respectively, secured to and bear upon the under side of theoffset in the body of the-hat, and the lower ends of which are,respectively, secured to and bear upon theinside of the hat opposite thebrim, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Metallic strips for supporting the sweat band of a ventilatinghat,provided with burrs formed by diagonally slitting the edges of thestrips, in combination with cuts or recesses formed in the felt or bodyof the hat for receiving the hnrrs and securing` the strips in position,and thus sustaininga sweat-band attached to the strips, substantially asdescribed.

set, a, the sweat-band B, provided with'the exterior sizing-band, b, incombination With the vertical supporting-strips D, substantially asdescribed.

HENRY 0. PEARGE.

Witnesses:

J. H. NOBLE, `W. HUNTER.

